The Universal Republic of Childhood

Children’s books keep alive a sense of nationality; but they also keep alive a sense of humanity. They describe their native land lovingly, but they also describe faraway lands where unknown brothers live. They understand the essential quality of their own race; but each of them is a messenger that goes beyond mountains and rivers, beyond the seas, to the very ends of the world in search of new friendships. Every country gives and every country receives – innumerable are the exchanges – and so it comes about that in our first impressionable years the universal republic of childhood is born.

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The Translator

My name is Luisa Olmedo and I have a passion for children's books. I have challenged myself to translate a book from every country in the world. Learn more about the project Translating the World in this blog, on Twitter and Facebook.